Re: Some British titles could be held by women
But what happens then? If a woman inherits a dukedom and so becomes a duchess in her own right, does her husband become a duke? And then does her son inherit after her? When a king marries, his wife...
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I made a fantasy piece based off a typo on another forum's playground recently as a little joke on typos and how we change little things to make a new story.Maybe we should lighten the whole mood and...
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Husbands of peeresses in their own right were not granted the use of the title for themselves [ie Queen Elizabeth's husband is not given the title King, whereas a woman married to a king is usually...
View ArticleRe: Pikki Re: rank and title
Alberta Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> His circle and Darcy's circle includes those who> have titles. Given Darcy's background, his rank is> in effect seen as...
View ArticleThere's a problem with your casting.
If Sean Connery was cast as Colonel Fitzwilliam I would be rooting for Elizabeth to marry him instead.
View ArticleRe: Some British titles could be held by women
That's okay. I've never experienced problems in posting links on DWG, but I don't think I want to know in that much depth. I just wondered how it worked once she got married. Thanks for the info!
View ArticleRe: I thought there were some British titles which could be held by women
yes. I think the queen's granddaughter had only two daughters, so a new writ or grant was issued to allow the dukedom to pass through the female line, and her elder daughter became the mother of the...
View Articleeconomic stratification
Stratification is only worse by some fairly narrow measures - there is a strong tendency for fungible items to be exponentially distributed. Having more of something fungible does not, in my view,...
View ArticleDeanna Durbin
I love her, but she's no Jane. She was, however, blond in "Lady on a Train", which is my favorite 'screwball musical comedy murder mystery' (it's a very short list - what bugged me was how they wasted...
View ArticleRe: There's a problem with your casting.
Suze,Re your comment below:> If Sean Connery was cast as Colonel Fitzwilliam I> would be rooting for Elizabeth to marry him> instead.Against Errol Flynn!?!Criminy, Errol Flynn's Irish, for...
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Harv,Re your comments:> I love her, but she's no Jane. She was, however,> blond in "Lady on a Train", which is my favorite> 'screwball musical comedy murder mystery' (it's a> very short...
View ArticleRe: economic stratification
We're going to have to both agree and disagree here. With regards to the middle class compared to the wealthy fungible applies. But for those living in poverty the substitutions don't compare....
View ArticleRe: WANTED: reader
Haha!My beta skills basically consist of proof-reading for spelling/grammar/typo errors and inconsistencies, and being a native British English speaker. Warning: if you're after someone with Regency...
View ArticleRe: Pikki Re: rank and title
Nikki N Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> sorry for being picky.I did not mean it seriously -- just a little tease. If anything, it was I who was being picky.
View ArticleRe: Some British titles could be held by women
In the case of the 2nd Duchess of Marlborough, her husband had a title of his own and he did not become a duke. Their eldest son got the courtesy title from his mother, but since all their sonst...
View ArticleRe: WANTED: reader
Very clever! I'm dying to tell all my friends I read it first. :-)But I would like to know the rough length of the story--how many thousand words, or some similar metric? I'm finalizing a story of my...
View ArticleRe: economic stratification
I completely agree. My only point is the percentage of people starving in London (or New York City) was larger in 1810 than now. It doesn't mean we should be complacent about poverty - better isn't...
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